RailCo

Company Profile

RailCo is a Railway Consulting Engineering Company that specialises in the design and project management of Railway Electrification and Traction Power Supplies.  RailCo has been contracted to deliver an Internationally Validated Overhead Track Equipment Design for the Gautrain Project on behalf of Tractionel Enterprise. Other major clients include Transnet, Prasa, Metrorail, Khuthele Consulting, RCE, SSI, PDNA, WBHO, Africon, Civilcon, Sanyati, Infraset, Illovo Sugar Mills, Private Siding Owners and other Rail Consulting Companies which, due to the uniqueness of the rail electrification environment, lack the necessary skills and expertise to provide suitable solutions to their respective clients.

Services offered include the following:

• Conducting feasibility studies covering all aspects of Electrical Traction and Traction Power supplies

• Fully documented design of a range of OHTE (Overhead Track Equipment) systems including but not limited to:

50kV AC Mainline and Trolley wire (weight tensioned)

25kV AC Mainline and Yard (weight tensioned and fixed tension)

3kV DC Mainline and Yard (weight, spring and fixed tension)

• The evaluation and design of Traction Power Supplies (Heavy Haul & General Freight) utilising Train Operations Simulation Software. This software has been verified against measured operational data.

• Fully documented design of Traction Substations.

• All Traction Power Supply and Substation designs for a range of Traction systems including but not limited to:

50kV AC OHTE (Heavy Haul)

25kV AC OHTE (Heavy Haul & General Freight)

3kV DC  OHTE (General Freight)

• The compilation of preliminary design reports.

• The compilation of all necessary tender documentation for the implementation of the produced designs. This documentation includes Project Specifications, Layout Plans, Component and Assembly Drawings, Schedule of Quantities, Drawings & Specifications and Quality Assurance Plans.

• The evaluation of received tender documentation and production of an adjudication report.

•  The project management of the implementation phase of Electrification and Traction Power Supply Projects

• We are specialists in our field and have combined experience in excess of 80 years in the design, project management and commissioning of Railway Electrification Projects.

We provide our clients with a one stop solution from conception through to final commissioning of Railway Electrification Projects including all quality assurance documentation, as built drawings and all relevant test certificates.

The latest computer aided design methodology is used and through strategic partnerships both locally and internationally, we are exposed to the latest design and technological trends.  Full documentation of our designs and proposals are available should they be required.

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